John Koeplin, S.J.

Associate Professor

Fr. John Koeplin, S.J., Associate Professor of Accounting, is
the embodiment of USF's core values. As a rigorous
academic and devoted educator, Professor Koeplin's work
centers on ethics in accounting and the teaching of Jesuit and
Catholic business education.

Prior to his arrival at University of San Francisco in 1998, Fr.
Koeplin worked as a tax accountant at ROLM Corporation and Hood and
Strong, Certified Public Accountants. With expertise in managerial
and financial accounting, Professor Koeplin has published a number
of papers in distinguished professional and academic journals,
receiving awards including the McLaughlin Prize for Research in
Accounting Ethics by the Michael F. Price College of Business
School of Accounting, University of Oklahoma (2000).

By approaching accounting education from a social and Christian
perspective, Professor Koeplin hopes his students will be more
transparent and be persons of integrity in their own practice,
having seen through their coursework the various beneficial and
damaging effects different kinds of financial decision-making can
have on employees, stakeholders, communities, public confidence,
global financial systems and our environment.

Professor Koeplin currently serves as a Board of Trustees Member
for University of San Francisco and Santa Clara University, and his
duties include chairing the Audit Committee at Santa Clara.
Additionally Fr. Koeplin was appointed as Rector of the Loyola
House Jesuit Community which encompasses Jesuits working at the
University of San Francisco, St. Ignatius Parish, and St. Agnes
Parish, both of which are in San Francisco.